Salt
Pepper
Marjoram
Stuffing
1 large onion
1 cup dried apricots, cooked
6 cups cooked Rice, hot
1/2 cup margarine
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
Chop onion fine. Drain apricots and mash. Add other ingredients and mix well. Reserve 1/2 of the stuffing to stuff the hens. Grease 1-quart ring mold with margarine; pack second 1/2 of rice mixture into mold. Place mold in pan of hot water and bake 30 minutes at 325. Keep hot until ready to serve; then unmold on warm platter.
Thaw hens completely before roasting. Sprinkle inside and out with salt & pepper and with marjoram. Stuff cavity of each hen lightly with rice and apricot mixture and fasten with poultry pins and strong thread. Place on rack in shallow roasting pan.
Roast at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 hrs., basting occasionally. Remove from oven and arrange on large platter around rice ring. Garnish with fruit and hot cooked vegetables.
Makes 6 servings.